Explore poetry, personification, and multiple languages with a poetry reading and writing lesson. After the teacher reads the poem to the class, a discussion about personification follows. The class then writes a collaborative poem before individuals split off to create some original lines.

Concepts

poetry, poetry writing, personification, parts of speech, nouns, verbs, adverbs

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• After learners share their poems with the class, discuss briefly their use of personification
• Find a few other poems that effectively use personification to share with your class

Classroom Considerations

• While not listed specifically as a resource for English language learners, this would work really nicely in an ELD class

Pros

• Includes a copy of the poem "Bailar" by Carmen Tafolla as well as sample words to use during the brainstorming portion of the lesson
• Gradually builds an understanding of personification as pupils work toward writing independently
• Comes with a few sample student poems that you can use as models

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.4.1.a SL.5.1.a